hardcore traditionists...ever seen one of these??

No sir, wouldn't trust it....not at all....says "Made in USA"
What does that mean?! Everyone knows we don't make stuff.....

 

That is the natural look of light colored onyx, it will give off a very nice gold/yellow glow. Just put in an onyx countertop in one of my projects with LED lights underneath...it's pretty cool.

 

Go to Google advanced patent http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
Bring up patent # 1575625
Full details, cross section drawing, etc.

 

Wrong Google...search it at http://www.google.com/advanced_patent_search
And search the inventor and perhaps the company as assignee...what else did these guys invent??

 

Bruce that was very helpfull and really cool.
Thanks for the heads up on patent searches
http://www.google.com/patents?id=-BlCAAAAEBAJ&dq=#+1575625

 

WOW...Now this is the kind of stuff I was hoping for and the kind of stuff I knew HAMBers could provide. Only here...thanks !!

 

How many hot rodders does it take to screw in an illuminted gear shift knob?

 

57...1 to install it and 30 to talk about how you shouldn't be using it, 12 to congratulate you on using something so rare, and 14 to tell you that something else would have looked better...

 

Next week...research findings on the special shock-resistant filament light bulb produced by Hurst, allowing good drag race shifts without failure...discontinued in 1972, now bringing upwards of $500 on Ebay...

 

It's not cracked,it's supposed to look like Onyx .

If the patent date says 1926 that is the year it was made. _Patents were issued yearly back then.

Don't ask here because all you will get is the cheer squad adding comments like " cool" "sweet" etc and you won't find the answer to your questions.

Try hemmings.

it would have ben hot wired into a cars light on circuit ( no accessory position then) and used a low wattage bulb. You won't see too many actually being used because you can imagine what happens when you grab a hot gear knob ....

 

SIGN SAID CLEAR TO THE 10 FOOT LINE
BUT THE CHICKENS WAS STACKED TO 13 -9
WE SHOT THAT TUNNEL AT A HUNDRED AND TEN
LIKE GAS THRU A FUNNEL AND EGGS THRU A HEN....
WE CLEANED THAT TOP ROW OF CHICKENS OFF LIKE SCUM OFF A LOUISIANA SWAMP....


SORRY COULDN'T RESIST....

gaspumpchas

 

When you say "it's supposed to look like Onyx", do you think it is not "real" onyx. I guess I dont even know exactly what onyx is. And thanks I may try Hemmings, the value is not something I am overly concerned about, I really wanted more of a history lesson.

 

You can get the colored bulb new repop from old toy train dealers,Lionel toy trains used them in the 1920's

 

C. W. McCall ? Wasn't he the one who recorded CONVOY during the CB radio craze of the mid 70's ? "looks like we got us a convoy."

 

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Rubber ducky, rubber ducky. You got your ears on?

I wore that 45 right through to the other side as kid. Love it!

 

Funny how things come back into syle?

 

How many watts is that baby?

 

Heated,lit up gearshift knobs in the 20's??? Friggin gold chainers...

 

Since I brought up C..W. McCall, anyone remember "Classified"? from the "Wolf Creek Pass" album:

I 's thumbin' through the want ads in the Shelby County Tribune
When this classified advertisement caught my eye
It said take immediate delivery on this '57 Chevrolet half ton pickup truck
We'll sell or swap for a hide-a-bed an' thirty five bucks
Call one four O, ring two and ask for Bob

... [later] ...

Well we all went past the chicken house through the hog pen and down to the tractor shed
And then wound up in back of the barn in a field of cow pies
And settin' right there in a pool of grease was a half ton Chevy pickup truck
With a nineteen sixty license plate, A bumper sticker that says vote for Dick
And a Brillo box full of rusty parts, and Bob says "Whadaya think?"

Well I kicked the tire and then got in the seat and set on a petrified apple core
And found a bunch of field mice livin' in the glove compartment
He says "her shaft is bent and the rear end leaks; you can fix 'er quick with an oily rag
Use a nail to start her, I lost the key; don't pay no mind to that whirrin' sound
She'll use a little oil, but outside of that she's a cherry.
...